Master Detective Archives: Rain Code - Ch. Vivia: The Near-Death Detective + Ch. Yakou: Thank You, My Detective
released on Oct 26, 2023
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code - Ch. Vivia: The Near-Death Detective + Ch. Yakou: Thank You, My Detective
released on Oct 26, 2023
The fourth DLC for Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE and final release for the games season pass. This fourth DLC includes two substories. Ch. Vivia: The Near-Death Detective features Vivia Twilight, the detective with the Forensic Forte "Spectral Projection." Ch. Yakou: Thank You, My Detective features the Head of the Nocturnal Detective Agency, Yakou Furio.
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Both chapters made me really cry
Vivia's chapter showed how we sees everything and how "he wanna die". Whole mystery was really great plot twist. Even if I had in mind about his forte I didn't even think he could talk with a ghost of a dead woman. Vivia's reflection about living was really great written. It also showed how much he cared about Yakou and his death was so painful to him.
At the start of Yakou's chapter when I got full control of him I felt my heart break when Yakou was just falling of the stairs. It just looked how his whole hard work was just thrown away just because he wanted to do something for his self. Talking with his wife about his beginnings were really heartwarming, especially after reading his light novel. The last moments when he got an antidote/a cure for his state got me thinking. "Is he going to be normal again? Is it going to work?" Even after a while I like to think about it
Even if every dlc were really great, Vivia's and Yakou's win with them easily and gives you an emotional roller coaster if you really like them
Both chapters made me really cry
Vivia's chapter showed how we sees everything and how "he wanna die". Whole mystery was really great plot twist. Even if I had in mind about his forte I didn't even think he could talk with a ghost of a dead woman. Vivia's reflection about living was really great written. It also showed how much he cared about Yakou and his death was so painful to him.
At the start of Yakou's chapter when I got full control of him I felt my heart break when Yakou was just falling of the stairs. It just looked how his whole hard work was just thrown away just because he wanted to do something for his self. Talking with his wife about his beginnings were really heartwarming, especially after reading his light novel. The last moments when he got an antidote/a cure for his state got me thinking. "Is he going to be normal again? Is it going to work?" Even after a while I like to think about it
Even if every dlc were really great, Vivia's and Yakou's win with them easily and gives you an emotional roller coaster if you really like them
Easily the best dlc chapters of Rain Code. I really liked Vivia & Yakou in the main game so it was great this got to expand on both of their characters.
after a bunch of dlc minisodes that are pretty silly and ephemeral... why are these so good? like, i like rain code, i think it's a good game, but imo these are kinda better than the actual base game. very tender, gentle, kind additions to vivia and yakou as characters with yakou especially getting some needed and pretty touching closure.
Definitely the best one, this felt genuinely as good as the high points of the game, and the Yakou one in particular is an absolute must watch/play for anyone who's finished the game. Also I like how spike chunsoft took one of the most popular fandom ships and ran with it, Vivia's episode was the opposite of straight
These are definitely the best one(s) of the DLC bunch, and really the only ones I feel are worth playing. They're still a bit short (Yakou's especially feels like something they just threw in as an extra to tie up his story better) and they're both short story visual novel segments with zero mystery or traditional gameplay, but the stories they chose to tell are actually quite good and build on their titular characters, honestly better than some parts of the main story. Solid note to end their season pass on.
I've inflated my score a tad, but all-in-all I think this DLC cycle kinda dinged my already middling/high-middling opinion on the game. Still, I think there's a solid enough foundation here and I hope that now with everything released they can move on and eventually build upon Rain Code with something much more ambitious and interesting.
I've inflated my score a tad, but all-in-all I think this DLC cycle kinda dinged my already middling/high-middling opinion on the game. Still, I think there's a solid enough foundation here and I hope that now with everything released they can move on and eventually build upon Rain Code with something much more ambitious and interesting.
HOOOOOLY SHIT an actual good one
Ch. Vivia: Like the previous stories, there's little mystery, and few original assets... but UNLIKE the previous ones it doesn't dwell on the nothing burger it presents itself as. Vivia actually has someone to talk to! And reflect! There's actual drama! Actual character development! SUBTEXT! THEMES! AN ACTUAL MESSAGE!!!
Good shit all around.
Ch. Yakou: Really just a bonus they threw in to tell you that yes, this is in fact the only DLC worth buying. It's relevant to the main story, so it's actually worthwhile.
I was going to give this only 4 stars but then I saw Lyndax gave it that score and I knew I appreciated it more than them since their reviews of the other dlcs were marginally more positive than mine. Maybe I'm biased, maybe this isn't groundbreaking at all. Maybe any quality bump from the first 3 dlcs that actually uses the structure to its advantage would've made me give this response. I don't care. This left me on a note higher than anything in the main game. Maybe they'll even learn from these extra chapters and make a better game next time that uses its structure better.
Maybe...
Ch. Vivia: Like the previous stories, there's little mystery, and few original assets... but UNLIKE the previous ones it doesn't dwell on the nothing burger it presents itself as. Vivia actually has someone to talk to! And reflect! There's actual drama! Actual character development! SUBTEXT! THEMES! AN ACTUAL MESSAGE!!!
Good shit all around.
Ch. Yakou: Really just a bonus they threw in to tell you that yes, this is in fact the only DLC worth buying. It's relevant to the main story, so it's actually worthwhile.
I was going to give this only 4 stars but then I saw Lyndax gave it that score and I knew I appreciated it more than them since their reviews of the other dlcs were marginally more positive than mine. Maybe I'm biased, maybe this isn't groundbreaking at all. Maybe any quality bump from the first 3 dlcs that actually uses the structure to its advantage would've made me give this response. I don't care. This left me on a note higher than anything in the main game. Maybe they'll even learn from these extra chapters and make a better game next time that uses its structure better.
Maybe...